You may be sure, if you do all you can and prepare yourselves for contemplation as I have described, that if He does not grant it to you, He is keeping back this consolation in reserve only to give it to you all at once in heaven. -St. Teresa of…
Mark well, however, that self-knowledge is indispensable, even for those whom God takes to dwell in the same mansion with Himself. Nothing else, however elevated, perfects the soul which must never seek to forget its own nothingness. Let humility be always at work, like the bee at the honeycomb, or…
…many of these would have God will that which they themselves will, and are fretful at having to will that which He wills…Hence it happens to them that oftentimes they think that that wherein they find not their own will and pleasure is not the will of God; and that,…
We do not know how to make the slightest sacrifice for our God, despite the fact that from eternity He has refused us nothing. -St. Teresa of the Andes
May Jesus burn more and more in our hearts so that we can enkindle the whole world with His love. – Bl. Mary of the Angels
A soul that is hard because of self-love grows harder. O good Jesus, if you do not soften it, it will ever continue in its natural hardness. – St. John of the Cross
I have within me the prayer of Jesus Christ, the Divine Adorer. It takes me to souls and to the Father. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
The most holy, the most general and most necessary practice in the spiritual life is the practice of the presence of God, whereby the soul finds her joy and contentment in His companionship, talking humbly and lovingly to Him always and at all times, without rule or system, but particularly…
Love is stronger than hatred. In the end there will be only the fullness of love… If we accept the whole Christ in faithful self-giving, by choosing and walking in the way of the imitation of Christ, then he will lead us through his Passion and Cross to the glory…
Look at him at the tomb of Lazarus. And listen to what he says of the Magdalene: “Much has been forgiven her, because she has loved much.” What do you discover in these flashes from the Gospel except a heart that is good, gentle, tender, compassionate; in other words, the…